On the new SAT, I got a 2220 (700M 740V 780W). Will the top colleges see this as a 1440 (math and verbal scores combined) or a 1480 (two-thirds of the entire score)?
I really hope that a decent amount of weight is put on the writing section as it is my highest score.
Thanks.
<p>uhh no, they'll see it as a 2220, which is pretty daamn good:)</p>
<p>I hope that you're right, but I have been hearing that the writing section will be considered like an SAT II.</p>
<p>Nobody knows how it will be considered. The only thing for sure is that everybody won't do it the same way. Some college will mix and match verbal and math from the old SAT and the new SAT. Some schools won't. People do need to take the new SAT no matter what scores they had on the old SAT because some college will require it for the application to be considered complete.</p>
<p>There was a SAT II Writing exam that has been eliminated now that writing is in the new SAT. However, if you took the SAT II Writing before it was eliminated, they will still see it. The mean score on the SAT II Writing was about 600 while the mean score on the Writing section of the new SAT is about 500.</p>
<p>the new SAT1 is totally different, you cant seperate the SAT2 writing from it, because the test is continuous and longer then the older version...</p>
<p>If you simplify it, the change was from old SAT + SAT II Writing + 2 other SAT IIs to new SAT + 2 other SAT IIs. Considering that the writing portion of the new SAT is very similar to the SAT II Writing, it seems that the SAT II Writing was just added to the old SAT and renamed.</p>
<p>While this may seem unfair, it makes sense for colleges to treat the writing portion of the new SAT as an SAT II because they have no data on the new SAT.</p>
<p>I hope I'm wrong, though.</p>
<p>Depends on the college. Check the admissions info on each college's website to find out how they will consider the new SAT. Some colleges are only looking at CR, M because they are waiting until the end of the 2005-6 school year to find iout what the writing test means. Other colleges are taking all parts under consideration.</p>
<p>Some colleges, Georgetown for example, are ignoring the writing section altogether. I think that is idiotic and short-sighted of them, and as a result I lost all interest in them (seeing as I got an 800 on the writing which was by far my best score). I mean, you can't do that because the new M/CR sections aren't the same as the old ones because the test is MUCH longer, so comparing the new SAT minus writing to the old SAT is comparing apples and oranges.</p>
<p>My college counselor told me that most schools will be looking at the new SAT very cautiously and not weighing it as heavily as the old SAT was weighed. I also talked to an admission director from University of Puget Sound, who told me that his school would be looking at the writing but not putting much weight on it if you did poorly--but if you did well, it could only help you. Most colleges are going to be cutting the class of '10 a lot of slack with the new SAT, so even if you did poorly (which you obviously didn't) you could still be in the running for highly selective schools with strong ECs and GPA.</p>